Originally Posted by
televisor
Can't you just tell the TSA agent that your kids are mute / can't speak? Easy enough solution.
.... and then the TSA plays its passive-aggressive card and does something that isn't an easy enough solution. Sometimes but not always.
What do you think the TSA agent will do when he/she catches the accompanying adult passenger in a lie?
Originally Posted by televisor
Stranger danger is a ridiculous concept. So now your children aren't allowed to buy transportation tickets / food / ask people for directions / etc?
A child choosing to go up to inquire, in the absence of bait, to protect the child's own self-interest is different than a child being chosen by a strange adult as a target to exploit for information and who knows what else. The difference between your scenario and what the TSA is doing is substantial. Stranger danger has been a rather useful concept. Perhaps you or people about whom you care have never been approached by perverted strangers while traveling? I wish I could say the same thing was true for everyone.